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[PrivateWHudson]

Not even wiki backs you up on this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-state_area

Tri state is NY-CT-NJ

or NJ-PA-DE (the later is really only for the philly area)

Yep, from Philly area, and always thought tri state was Delaware, south Jersey, and eastern PA.

Always thought the bay area was just the bay side of San Francisco, didn't know there were other cities included in that.

 

[Old Gimlet Eyes]

I lived in SoCal for five years and I had a bunch of people say "Oh, the Bay Area" when I said I went to school in Sacramento. I now live in the Bay Area and I'd consider SF, Oakland, and Marin County to be the Bay. But I work with people who consider the Lamorinda/ Walnut Creek area to be in the Bay Area.

I'm interested now where people outside of California think Silicon Valley is.

Lamorinda is definitely Bay Area, east bay to be precise. Silicon Valley is also considered South Bay. Sac is definitely not in the bay.

 

[Spenny]

If they know I'm in California then they usually do. It is an ambiguous as fuck term though.

 

[Jag]

Tri-state area is the commutable area surrounding NYC.

The City obviously refers to NYC. There is no other city in the world that can even come close.

To me, the Bay Area was San Francisco and some other stuff around it somewhere on the West Coast.

Like this

 

[Vyrance]

Tampa Bay if in Florida

 

[ahoyhoy]

Growing up this is what "Bay Area" meant to me.

Wasn't until college I learned it referred to something else.

 

[Machine]

Obviously when you mention the Bay Area you are talking about Bay City, Michigan

 

[Dishwalla]

I was born in San Jose(left in 1994) so whenever I hear "the Bay Area" that is indeed what my mind goes to. Only other area I've heard described as "Bay Area" is Tampa.

Growing up this is what "Bay Area" meant to me.

Wasn't until college I learned it referred to something else.

I live in Norfolk and I've never heard of any of this as the Bay Area.

 

[Duane Cunningham]

As somebody from Kansas City:

-Yeah, I know what Bay Area means. Although I might not be able to tell you every municipality beyond SF, Oakland, Richmond (?) and Berkeley.

-Tri-State Area, I couldn't tell you... Something in the northeast. I probably would have guessed NY/NJ/something else, maybe PA or MA.

Tri-state area is the commutable area surrounding NYC.

The City obviously refers to NYC. There is no other city in the world that can even come close.

To me, the Bay Area was San Francisco and some other stuff around it somewhere on the West Coast.

Like this

I've always liked this picture because while the joke is that nothing besides NYC matters to New Yorkers, the one city they chose to represent the area between Vegas and Jersey is Kansas City, not STL, Cleveland, Denver or anything else.

 

[sca2511]

[QUOTE="God's Beard!";237031725]Sacramento = South Oregon
Bay Area = Norcal
LA = SoCal
San Diego = Mexico[/QUOTE]

hahaha

 

[Commander Kook]

I grew up in Carmel/Monterey, and most people there consider it part of the bay area. Of course Monterey actually having a bay feeds this belief. That wiki map has us outside the red area though.

 

[Hindl]

so there are more than one Tri-State?

because up here it means VT, NH and ME

Yeah I grew up in South Jersey and it was the Delaware Valley, aka South Jersey, Southeastern PA, and Northern Delaware. But the most famous Tri-state area is NY-NJ-CT

Not even wiki backs you up on this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-state_area

Tri state is NY-CT-NJ

or NJ-PA-DE (the later is really only for the philly area)

The first sentence of that article:

There are a number of areas in the 48 contiguous United States known informally as tri-state areas.

NYC is the most famous but there's more than one

 

[PassiveObserver]

I grew up in Carmel/Monterey, and most people there consider it part of the bay area. Of course Monterey actually having a bay feeds this belief. That wiki map has us outside the red area though.

It's where people draw their culture from. If you're reading the same news and watching the same sports teams, naturally there will be an affinity there. Whereas Sacramento has their own media market, I can see how some places further south might gravitates towards the Bay Area.

 

[NumberThree]

I'm​ not from the US but I have a rough idea of what it's referring to. But then I spend hours every week listening to podcasts by people who live there.

 

[TheMan]

Tri state I think is highly region-dependent. Growing up it meant the area near the IL-MO-KY borders

 

[andythinkpad]

Bay Area is in the same tier as Long Island. People generally know where it is, but may not know where the borderline is.

 

[Phu]

People know what you mean when you say 'bay area' but it'd be super-weird if you said it with no additional context while outside of California [or neighboring states].

 

[Jag]

Bay Area is in the same tier as Long Island. People generally know where it is, but may not know where the borderline is.

Except that Long Island is actually, an island.

Hey, I can see my old house!

 

[Hockeymac18]

Lamorinda is definitely Bay Area, east bay to be precise. Silicon Valley is also considered South Bay. Sac is definitely not in the bay.

Yes. Yes. Yes. And Yes.

Bay Area =
SF
+ "South Bay" (San Jose and surrounding cities, such as Cupertino)
+ "peninsula" (basically anything on the western side of the bay north of Mountain View and south of SF)
+ "East Bay" (anything north of ~Milpitas on the eastern side of the bay up to around Crocket - includes Oakland and Berkeley - extends east and encompass the "outer bay area" regions, which includes cities like Walnut Creek, Pleasanton and Livermore)
+ "North Bay" (Marin, Sonoma, and Napa counties)


The central valley cities of Stockton and Modesto are not part of the Bay Area (even if a not-insignificant amount of people commute from there for work). Nor is Sacramento (even if also people commute back and forth).

 

[Earthbound64]

Except that Long Island is actually, an island.

Hey, I can see my old house!

Well, some people call New Jersey "Jersey" despite Jersey being a place already.

 

[Futureman]

Refers to Putin Bay... One of the classiest resorts in America where all the real celebs go. You've heard of Martha's Vineyard but this is where the real famous people get away.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Well, some people call New Jersey "Jersey" despite Jersey being a place already.

To be precise, every single person from New Jersey refers to it as "Jersey," and will mention they are from there within 15 seconds of meeting you, then continue bringing it up twice an hour for the remainder of every interaction you have with them forever. Because "Jersey" is apparently the Vegan of states.

 

[Balphon]

Yeah, but I grew up in SF.

As somebody from Kansas City:

-Yeah, I know what Bay Area means. Although I might not be able to tell you every municipality beyond SF, Oakland, Richmond (?) and Berkeley.

I'm kinda interested in how Richmond is your #3 Bay Area City.

 

[ToraShiro]

I've lived in the beach cities of Southern California for most of my life and we call the collection of 4 or so beach-facing towns the "South Bay" down here. A handful of people (usually out of state) have occasionally confused it for me saying I live in the Bay Area. Basically my one pointless gripe about location and title.

But yeah, if you go down here a lot of places have the title "South Bay ______".

 

[Ronin Ray]

Why are they called the Golden State warriors? What is Golden State ? I know in Texas we have the Golden triangle.

 

[DarthWoo]

Oh, I don't know if I know the answer to that. I think it's across the bay. In Alameda.

 

[Magus1234]

Bay area is what I say to someone who may not know CA's geography as intimately as you do. Otherwise you get specific, north bay, south bay, east bay, the city, Sac...etc

 

[Boogie9IGN]

Growing up I used to tell people I lived near SF. Around high school I started saying Bay Area. Nowadays I still say Bay Area or San Jose if they're from California or Vietnamese.

Why are they called the Golden State warriors? What is Golden State ? I know in Texas we have the Golden triangle.

Not sure if serious but iirc they used to be the San Francisco Warriors and Golden State = SF gold rush (like the 49ers)/California's state nickname

 

[Acorn]

British, closest I've been to Cali is the East coast (ha). Just thought it meant San Fran and the accompanying metro area.

 

[Earthbound64]

Why are they called the Golden State warriors? What is Golden State ? I know in Texas we have the Golden triangle.

https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/california/state-nickname/golden-state

Compare:
https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/massachusetts/state-nickname/bay-state

 

[TheTylerRob]

Everyone knows because you won't stop saying it. All. The. Time.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Bay Area I thought was synonymous with Northern California but along the ocean/San Francisco Bay, but it looks like San Francisco is more southern than I thought.

Tri-State area I thought referred to Cincinnati and its suburbs.

 

[Hockeymac18]

British, closest I've been to Cali is the East coast (ha). Just thought it meant San Fran and the accompanying metro area.

It does.

 

[Ronin Ray]

Growing up I used to tell people I lived near SF. Around high school I started saying Bay Area. Nowadays I still say Bay Area or San Jose if they're from California or Vietnamese.



Not sure if serious but iirc they used to be the San Francisco Warriors and Golden State = SF gold rush (like the 49ers)/California's state nickname

https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/california/state-nickname/golden-state

Compare:
https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/massachusetts/state-nickname/bay-state

Thanks I honestly didn't know that.

 

[____]

E40 taught me well.

Ya know...I thought the same. But I also thought the Bay was Southern California, so 40-Water done led me astray.

 

[Massicot]

I think most people know what you mean when you say Bay Area, although they might not know all the geography around it. I mean, most people will know San Francisco and Oakland, but I couldn't tell you if Mission Viejo was Bay Area without consulting a map (it turns out that it is most definitely not). Bay Area just defaults to "San Francisco," at least on the West Coast.



Now wait a minute. Bay Area means "area around the bay." I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Eureka, 270 miles away, would not be described by anyone as "Bay Area." The Bay Area is not the entirety of Northern California. It doesn't even mean some of the Central Valley that's within a hundred miles. Here's what Wikipedia shows:

Nah I live in the Sacramento Area now and I wouldn't call it the Bay Area.

Edit: On second glance I think what you mean is Bay Area is North CA just like Los Angeles would be South CA

That's astronomically broader than any interpretation I've ever used.

Bay Area in my mind is, roughly, the counties adjacent to the bay. Even that's a little broad.

Mugger has it. I meant that area of norcal

 

[Fred-87]

Im not from America but i know it

 

[inner-G]

Commencement Bay


or if they're talking about California, it means Oakland... you know, like all the Too $hort songs.

 

[Forerunner]

Bay Area- SF and the surrounding area.

SoCal- LA, OC, and SD.

Norcal- Nobody cares about these guys.

 

[Rapscallion]

It's more or less Vallejo to Santa Clara. There's the East Bay (Oakland, Emeryville, Berkeley, etc), the south bay (San Jose, Santa Clara, etc), North Bay (wine country) and then SF (SF, South San Francisco, maybe San Mateo?).


Some people consider Santa Cruz apart of the bay area as well.. Don't know if I agree with that.

No way in hell is Sacramento apart of that. It's the Valley.

Norcal- Nobody cares about these guys.

It's true, but you don't have to say it!

 

[DarkCronos]

EU guy here, i know Bay Area from Bay Area Thrash Metal

 

[Vegetable Lasagna]

Everyone knows what Bay Area means. They're still struggling to grasp "The City" though. It's not just a city. It's SF. The City.

 

[Kisaya]

I don't think it's pretentious but I feel like people definitely use terms like Bay Area (or Tri-State and "Chicagoland") make themselves feel more a part of a major city that they're not actually in.

I've heard the argument that it's just easier using those terms to describe people where you are geographically, but I don't see what's not any clearer than just stating the actual city/town you're in.

 

[Kisaya]

Edit: double post

 

[Earthbound64]

I don't think it's pretentious but I feel like people definitely use terms like Bay Area (or Tri-State and "Chicagoland") make themselves feel more a part of a major city that they're not actually in.

I've heard the argument that it's just easier using those terms to describe people where you are geographically, but I don't see what's not any clearer than just stating the actual city/town you're in.

Agreed.
And, "Chicagoland" is a terrible term. May as well call it Disneyland.

 

[Metroxed]

There are other bay areas around the world and people associate the term with the bay area that they know or is the closest to them. If I said "bay area" to someone in my country I doubt any of them would think about the SF area in California.

 

[Earthbound64]

There are other bay areas around the world and people associate the term with the bay area that they know or is the closest to them. If I said "bay area" to someone in my country I doubt any of them would think about the SF area in California.

Exactly.

 

[Tevious]

Being from Florida, we also called the area around Tampa Bay the "Bay Area". I assumed it meant that until I heard it mentioned as the San Francisco Bay Area.

 

[Afrikan]

Being a San Francisco resident.....I remember when I first heard Bay Area when watching a football game involving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

I was like whoaaa.

edit- there you go. ^

 

[FeenixRising]

I live in Norfolk and I've never heard of any of this as the Bay Area.

Same for both.

It's either Hampton Roads/Tidewater for us...

...and idk what folks up in Maryland/Northern VA call it.